Five St. Louis area Disciples congregations - Centennial Christian Church, New Hope Community Christian Church, Memorial Boulevard Christian Church, Union Avenue Christian Church, and Webster Groves Christian Church - are worshipping together online for Maundy Thursday. Their combined worship Thursday evening will be just one of many shared acts of worship for these congregations for Holy Week.

On Palm Sunday the five congregations served meals and safety items to 100 unhoused residents of St. Louis. Dozens of participants from the congregations planned, prepared, and distributed boxes filled with a hot meal, nonperishable meal and snack items, water and juice, and reusable facemasks, along with words of welcome and encouragement to people in parks, alleys, and along the river wall in downtown St. Louis. This was, Rev. Derrick Perkins, pastor of Centennial Christian Church, reminded the gathered Disciples, “an act of service” flowing directly from our call to follow Jesus.

The five congregations are excited about their shared worship, outreach, and service, and are already discussing ways to stay engaged together around community concerns into the future. The congregations have also expressed a strong sense of call to learn about and respond to the structural and systemic issues contributing to homelessness for so many in St. Louis.

Thank you to Rev. Dr. Jeff Moore of Webster Groves CC
for this information and photos.